Brooklyn Man Charged In Counterfeit $100 Bills Scheme

Police charged a 32-year old Brooklyn man with money laundering crimes after they say he used counterfeit $100 bills to obtain $500 in money orders.

Police charged a 32-year old Brooklyn man with money laundering crimes after they say he used counterfeit $100 bills to obtain $500 in money orders. (Watertown Police Department)

DAVID MORAN, dmoran@courant.com

WATERTOWN – Police charged a 32-year old Brooklyn man with money laundering crimes after they say he used counterfeit $100 bills to obtain $500 in money orders from a local drug store.

According to police, Emmanuel Cajou, 32, of Brooklyn, passed five counterfeit $100 bills at a Rite Aid on Main Street in Watertown in order to obtain $500 in money orders. Cajou later deposited the money orders into his account, according to police.

The United States Secret Service, who aided the Watertown Police in its investigation, said that Cajou was responsible for passing more than $5,000 in counterfeit $100 bills throughout the state.

Port Authority Police at JFK Airport in New York City arrested Cajou as he was returning from Aruba and extradited him to Watertown on Aug. 11. He is facing charges of first-degree forgery, sixth-degree larceny and fourth-degree money laundering. Cajou held on a $75,000 bond.